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Subject:RE: Single Spacing: Brain vs body From:David Demyan <ddemyan -at- coppercom -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 14 May 2004 10:36:54 -0400
Sean wrote:
>> We started using bold for the names of interface elements
>> because some of those names are several words long and
>> made it difficult to read some setences no matter how
>> hard we try to rewrite them. So a sentence like:
>> Select the column you want from the These columns are
>> available table.
>> bolding suddenly becomes useful in helping the reader,
>> even on a subconscious level, to more easily understand
>> what the sentence is saying....right?
We use bolding in our manuals for the same reasons Sean does.
Until someone comes up with a better way of highlighting and
setting aside window/field/button names, we will continue to
use this convention.
It's way too useful for both the writer and the reader to
discard because someone's sense of design is hurt.
Dave Demyan
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